Trip to the West - July 16th thru July 19th

Days 12 thru 15 - It was a great night of sleeping last night. I was able to dodge the paparazzi and Balanced Rock didn't crush our tent. All is right in the world! Now, if they would only let me go West to visit Cal, that would be great. But, no! Wanda wants to go to Hovenweep, so Anna and Busta rearranged the itinerary to accomodate her. Did they do that for me? NO!!! Of course not! Why did I come on this vacation anyway? All they do is take pictures of me. They never let me wander on my own and see the great outdoors! The next time I come out West, I'm going to the Pacific Ocean. Without them!



What? We're back from Hovenweep already? But I didn't see anything! What kind of tour guides are you, anyway? Wait a minute? Who's that? Moab? Are you a raven or a crow? Oh, who cares? Let's play cards and ignore them.






I'm not sure who won the game. Before we could finish the game, we were taken away and put in the tent for bedtime. Moab and I had a lengthy discussion on how to escape, but before the plan could be put into action, we fell asleep.


The next day we were packed away and put into the car. Apparently, our trip is over and we're heading east. Again, I tried to fly WEST, but the windows were rolled up and locked. (Note to self: learn how to unlock windows.) I was kind of sad we were going home because I knew what that meant: long boring days at Busta's place while he went to work. Since I haven't figured out how to work the TV (another note to self: figure out remote and channel number for The Discover Channel). And despite not seeing Cal, I did get to see lots of interesting things: The Grand Canyon, a dinosaur, Moab. But we trekked our way through the mountains and into the plains. We stopped at Lincoln, NE for the evening, and for the first time, I felt right at home. I could smell the fresh country air. Soon we'd be to Iowa and then Illinois.


The next day we were in the Quad Cities by 3 PM. We dropped off Wanda and Moab and then stayed the night at Anna's. Not much was going on, so we fell right asleep.

We decided to leave Anna's the next day and head back to Busta's. I helped him drive.






Not much to this driving thing. We made it to Busta's at a decent hour and had Sunday to rest before he headed to work on Monday. I can't wait for my next adventure!